Federal sequestration cuts are creating air travel headaches across the country but not at Cincinnati's airport. There were no delays reported Monday for flights because of cuts that kicked in over the weekend.

“I know smaller airports have been hit and I know bigger airports have been hit,” said CVG spokesman Brian Gregg. “But we’re expecting to be able to move people through quickly, as we always do.”

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Travelers coming in from other areas reported delays. Tanya Morin arrived from San Antonio late.

“It was about an hour and 15 or 20 minutes late and they had more than one line," Morin said.

The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring furloughs for all 47,000 of its employees. That includes about 15,000 air traffic controllers. All of them will lose one day of work every other week.

The result, the FAA said, was that planes can’t take off and land as frequently.

Patricia Gilbert with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association said, “(There will be) fewer controllers and less ability to open those extra positions, which means fewer planes coming in and out of those airports.”

The Transportation Security Administration is handling sequestration cutbacks with a hiring freeze and no overtime.